THE KENTISH GLORY. 1 29 



ENDROMIDID/K. 



The Kentish Glory {Endro?nis versicolor). 



This species has the fore wings of the male brownish clouded 

 and suffused with ochreous ; there is a white patch at the base, 

 and some white marks including three spots towards the apex, 

 on the outer marginal area ; two black cross lines, the first 

 inwardly and the second outwardly, edged with white ; the 

 space between the lines is sometimes clouded with whitish, 

 and there is an almost central black > -shaped mark. Hind 

 winds tawny with a black central line, some brownish marks 

 beyond, and sometimes two white spots at the upper angle. 

 The female is much larger in size, without ochreous suffusion 

 on the fore wings, and the hind wings have the ground colour 

 whitish. It varies in the tone of the brown colour, and, in the 

 male, in the amount of ochreous suffusion (Plate 65). 



The eggs are laid in rows, generally two deep, on a birch twig. 

 At first they are greenish, but soon change to brownish olive or 

 shining purplish brown. 



When young the caterpillars cluster together on the twigs, as 

 shown on Plate 64. They are at first black with glossy dots, and 

 later, greenish, but still dotted with black. After the third skin 

 change, they are without the black dots, and the colour is then 

 pretty much that of the mature caterpillar, which is green, rather 

 whitish on the back, and with a dark green central line ; a series 

 of seven creamy oblique stripes along the sides, and on the 

 sides of the first three rings there is a whitish stripe broken at 

 the divisions ; these markings are often edged with dark green ; 

 on the eleventh ring there is a somewhat horn-like prominence, 

 striped with creamy white, and below it a yellow stripe ; the 

 spiracles are white, ringed with black. Head small, paler 

 green, with whitish marks. Feeds on birch, from late May to 



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